Owning & enjoying your ZR-1 - Speeding Cameras, speed traps, speed enforcement

[SteelBlueZR1]

Has anyone else found that they don't enjoy driving as much anymore, but especially in their ZR-1's, now that we live in a world of constant speed and safety enforcement. On any given day, driving 3 miles to work I pass red light cameras, speed cameras, police speed traps, and poorly timed lights. I have to go out of my way to find certain "special places" to exercise my Z's secondaries, and have lost the enjoyment of driving now that I face constant fines and harassment.

Every Maryland highway has orange barrels/construction and, thus, requisite speeding cameras mounted way up high. Now that tax revenues are down, the state and municipalities have turned to red light and speed cameras to pad their budgets... I for one am ready to go buy a hybrid and just set the cruise at a constant 30mph!

Do my fellow ZR-1 auto enthusiasts feel the pain, or is this just an East Coast thing? :icon_scra
http://www.iihs.org/laws/datastoreimages.ashx?documentName=AutomatedEnforce mentCameraChart

[Kevin]

last time I got pulled over, cop got me at 80 in a 45, he let me go with a verbal warning. never seen a speed camera or a red light camera here.

[WARP TEN]

Hi Bert--
You should come to Chicago. The city already has lots of red light cameras and is planning a raft of speed cameras around school areas--about 200 of them. But our mayor says its not about the money.
An old comedian named Will Rogers once said, "Whenever someone tells you its the principle not the money.........it's the money." -- Bob

[vilant]

Will Rogers once said, "Whenever someone tells you its the principle not the money.........it's the money." -- Bob


Absolutly agree.:icon_thum

[SteelBlueZR1]

I once went to court on a red light $75 fine, and the judge (based on the statute) told me to pay the $75, since as the owner of the car - I am responsible for it's safe operation, even though my brother-in-law was driving. When I told the judge my bro lived in Israel, he said I have 45 days to make him pay or face loss of my auto registration! Who writes such silly laws?

[mike100]

They changed the law in CA so they can't collect commissions on the red light cams- it has to be a fixed price contract per pole. Since people pretty much know where the cams are, the revenue goes way down after they catch a few people initially.

There was also case precedent set in L.A. that a rep from redflex has to appear in court to contest a camera ticket. Some cities are losing their *** on the camera intersections due to fixed price contracts and it is expected many cities will be pulling them shortly.

[Daniel_Mc]

No cameras here but the local cops have been known to leave a note in my mail box or just call me on my cell to “slow it down”. However most of the cities are going to them I saw an interesting item at SEMA last year it mounts on the right 2 bolts for the license plate and blocks the cameras view of the last number (or two). It is, or was, completely legal at the time. It blocks the last number since all cameras are mounted at 20 degrees from the spot that they are shooting. Not sure how true that was or how well it worked but it was a neat idea.

Daniel

[efnfast]

I'm still waiting for them to start handing out tickets based on fast you get from toll to toll based on e-z pass time stamps. First time I get a ticket that way will be the last time I use my e-z pass. -Steve

[scottfab]

I'm still waiting for them to start handing out tickets based on fast you get from toll to toll based on e-z pass time stamps. First time I get a ticket that way will be the last time I use my e-z pass. -Steve

Wait, I thought when I was in NJ they did that. No?

[DaveK]

What's a red light camera? ;)

They started introducing "smart cameras" in England just as I Was leaving. Pass a camera doing a legal speed, nothing. Camera records your licence plate anyway. !0/15/20/30 miles down the road, you pass another cam doing a legal speed. Cam catches your plate and matches to earlier one, maps out the possible routes you might have taken at legal speeds, if you get there before you could have done legally... You get ticketed.

Another take on "Big Brother is Watching".

You guys should all move up here. We even have socialized medicine and disability like you ;)

Dave

[Blue Flame Restorations]

Thankfully, here in IN, I live in the country and run a few gears every time I get behind the wheel. Normally just first and second gears. My car is so loud though, I fear that the county mounty will hear me and search for me. 3" B&B with Watsons.

The damn thing is Turquoise and sticks out like a sore thumb.

[sammy]

sure glad i live in the sticks . we go out to paniment valley where it is 120 ft below sea level and the road is straight as a string for 8 miles. and have a little fun about 530 am on a sat .morning then do a little slalom for the 40 miles back to lone pine.. sure is nic e that the chp doesnt leave the local coffee spot till around 730 . its route 120 to death valley.car feels like its on nitros early in the morning .

[PhillipsLT5]

Track days = permagrin, no issues with da man

[jimmy b.]

Wait, I thought when I was in NJ they did that. No?

They talked about it but not sure if they are really doing it. At work we have E-Z pass in all the vehicles and our guys drive em as fast as they can and nobody has gotten any tickets because they would have to pay them their self.

As for the red light cameras there's a class action suit started because all the townships have to have them certified as per timing and such and it turns out that some , let me rephrase that MOST don't meet the certifications. They might just have to give back some of those millions they illegally stole from us.

[rhipsher]

Some of you guys live in f#cked up states. I can blast up to top speed anytime I want where I live. The un attended toll roads are totally empty early in the morning and late at night. But I've done it so many times that the thrill has kinda diminished. Plus I don't want to push my luck to much. Not for fear of cops but for safety reasons. A tire blowing out at over 181mph would not be good.

[Z51JEFF]

I got popped by a red light camera a few years ago.Once you see the flash you never forget it.

[vilant]

Did you ever watch the opposing traffic light and when it turns red you start to go a few seconds before your light turns green? Did that in Clementon, NJ and got a ticket in the mail a month later for $80. Took a while to figure what I did, cause I knew I didn't drive through any red lights. Pissed me off, wanted to fight it, but it's not worth losing a day's pay for it. Mark my words, eventually you won't be able to drive on turnpikes or toll roads unless you have EZ-pass. The system will be totally automated. When that happens automatic speeding tickets will follow. Sometimes technology sucks.

[lbszr]

Track days = permagrin, no issues with da man

:cheers:

[SteelBlueZR1]

Maryland has adopted a law that speeding cameras are allowed where there is highway construction, coinciding with all the TARP money for highway construction. Literally, every major highway has a significant portion that has mile after mile of orange barrels signifying (future) construction plans, with very little actual construction going on... The only work I see is the erection of 100' tall poles with sophisticated speeding cameras atop to generate traffic revenues in the alleged construction areas. I can not go anywhere without having to set my cruise at 55 or 60mph. My friend has had 4 tickets from these cameras in the first month!

[JThomas]

These types of threads get tiresome. We all know or are aware of speed limits, especially in our hometowns, yet we want to violate them with a second or third gear blast. You get caught, man up.

We know the red light cameras are there, it's in our jurisdictions, violate the law and get caught, man up! Construction zones, excessive speed, get caught, man up! Let's stop blaming others because of this or that and take responsibility for our own actions.

If you live in an area where you have these concerns, take the time to find a dragstrip, or join a club that has track days, or plan a weekend to venture out into the country and enjoy a safe cruise in the KOTH.

Let's stop blaming others for our misfortunes, I think we are old enough to know what's right. :-({|=

[ZR1North]

Well done, Joe!!!!

[JThomas]

Well done, Joe!!!!

How have you been? I'm going to meet the Chicago gang (FBI) at the Corvette Challenge in September, in Illinois. Interested in going?

[ZR1North]

How have you been? I'm going to meet the Chicago gang (FBI) at the Corvette Challenge in September, in Illinois. Interested in going?

What are the dates, Joe?

[JThomas]

What are the dates, Joe?

It is September 9, 2012 at the US-41 Raceway in Indiana. You can find it in the East Central Region event group. The ZR-1 guys from Chicago won the trophy last year and are defending champs for this year, so they are looking for support from other ZR-1 brothers to come cheer them on.

[Blue Flame Restorations]

It is September 9, 2012 at the US-41 Raceway in Indiana. You can find it in the East Central Region event group. The ZR-1 guys from Chicago won the trophy last year and are defending champs for this year, so they are looking for support from other ZR-1 brothers to come cheer them on.

Looking forward to another Trophy win for the FBI gang. See you there, Joe!:cheers:

[John Boothby]

My Escort is programed with red light and speed trap cams. Updated weekly. Plus we have some open roads with little law in Nevada.